
Essays on musical psychology, structure and composition.
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This essay is part of a series. [The Behavioural Grid] lays out the framework beneath everything; [The 16 Archetypes] maps the sixteen positions it's built on; [Sixteen Behavioural Starting Positions] takes them into composition; [The Compo...
A: You said something odd to me last week. You said a piece of music was "trying" to get somewhere.
B: I did say that.
A: But you know it isn't trying anything. It has no wants. It's air pressure. Nothing more.
B: I know that. And I'd sa...
This essay is part of a series. [The Behavioural Grid] lays out the framework beneath everything; [The 16 Archetypes] maps the sixteen positions it's built on; [Sixteen Behavioural Starting Positions] takes them into composition; [The Compo...
This essay is part of a series. [The Behavioural Grid] lays out the framework beneath everything; [The 16 Archetypes] maps the sixteen positions it’s built on; [The Composer’s Deck] puts the framework into your hands as a compositional tool...
Most composers have a clear sense of what they’re drawn to.
What’s harder to see is the negative space around those instincts. Not a conscious list — you probably couldn’t write it down. But it’s operating underneath every creative decisio...
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